Dyersburg State Quotes & Sayings

A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young. — Barbara Mertz

Sit still with me in the shade of these green trees, which have no weightier thought than the withering of their leaves when autumn arrives, or the stretching of their many stiff fingers into the cold sky of the passing winter. Sit still with me and meditate on how useless effort is, how alien the will, and on how our very meditation is no more useful than effort, and no more our own than the will. Meditate too on how a life that wants nothing can have no weight in the flux of things, but a life the wants everything can likewise have no weight in the flux of things, since it cannot obtain everything, and to obtain less than everything is not worthy of souls that seek the truth. — Fernando Pessoa

What we've done with our modern food supply is absolute insanity. It's not even real any more. You used to be able to give a kid an apple and they would love it. Kids can't even taste apples any more. Apples taste like paper to kids now. — Louis C.K.

The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind. — Jack Buck

Infinite possibilities exist within the art of storytelling. To me, it is nothing less than the magic of creation. — Rai Aren

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money. — Marlon Brando

Can't bring back time. Like holding water in your hand. — James Joyce

In the end, for me, the sole single goal is to write the best novel that I can. Whether or not it gets made or gets purchased. — Nicholas Sparks